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GUN SIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1919..

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tar-attese FREDERICK B. MAGILL, OF ST. MARYS, OHIO.

GUN-SIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application led April 3, 1919. Serial No. 287,112.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, FREDnRroK B. MAGILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Marys, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gun-Sights, of which the following is a specification.

The invention provides a device for the use of Sportsmen to (be applied to the muzzle of a shot gun or riifle to enable a bird on the wing to be properly and accurately sighted to insure a hit being made when the gun is fired, the device being of such construction as to obviate calculation on the part of the gunner and adapted to be readily attached to or disconnected from the gun barrel.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood lthat in adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of .the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing hereto attached,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a gun sight showing the same in position.

Fig. 2 is a rear view, the barrel of the gun being in cross section.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the sight on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 showing a portion of the. gun barrel in full lines.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, the muzzle portion of the gun barrel being shown.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the device.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the sight lis formed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and in-dicated in the several views of the 4drawing by like reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the muzzle portion of a shot gun or rifle such as used by Sportsmen when hunting. The numeral 2 designates the front sight such as generally provided near the muzzle of the gun. These parts are of well known construction and are illustrated -to demonstrate the application of the invention.

The device comprises a base `8 and wings 4. The base 3 is relatively narrows7 and long and is provided at opposite ends with sights 5 which are preferably partly cnt from the base and pressed upwardly therefrom, as indicated most clearly in the several views. The wings 4 extend in parallel relation and constitute a part of the base 3. The Wings 4 are widened at a central point and taper toward opposite ends. Openings 6 are formed in the lcentral widened portions of the wings 4 and are of a size to snugly receive the muzzle of the gun barrel 1. A plurality of teeth 7 are in line with the openings 6 and extend laterally from the wings to friotionally engage the barrel 1 and retain the device in position against any possible movement. The teeth 7 form a part of the device and possess a spring action to engage the gun barrel with suilicient friction and a gripping action to hold the sight in position under ordinary conditions. TWO fingers 8 are provided at the rear side of the base 3 an-d extend transversely thereof and are formed near their inner ends with notches 9 to receive the sight 2. The fingers 8 are centrally disposed and are formed by cutting away portions of the lbase 3 as indicated most clearly in Figs. 1 and 6. The iingers 8 are adapted to spring apart when placing the device in position or removing it from the gun barrel.

As indicated most clearly in Fig. 6 the device is formed from a sheet metal blank cut into the form substantially as indicated and having side portions bent on the dotted lines to form the wings 4 and .the parts 5 and 7 bent to form the sights 5 and teeth or gripping elements 7. The sights 5 are disposed at such distance from a central point as to insure proper and accurate sight being obtained on a moving object such as a bird on the wing, thereby enabling the mark to be hit without requiring the sp'ortsmen to make any allowance or calculation. When the device is in position the muzzle of the gun barrel 1 passes through the openings 6 of the wings 4 and the teeth 7 bear against the side of the gun @barrel and retain the device in position. The sight 2 at the muzzle of the gun passes `between the spring ingers 8 and is received in the notches 9, thereby materially assisting in holding the device in position and at the same time insuring the base occupying a horizontal position so that both sights 5 may be level when the gun is aimed. The fingers 8 in conjunction with the u'sual sight 2 insure proper positioning of the device when slipped upon the muzzle of the gun lbarrel.

When required the device may be detached from the gun and conveniently carried in the game bag or other place.

The foregoing description and the drawing have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, `what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A gun sight, comprising an elongated 'base having sights 0n opposite end portions and provided at a central point with parallel spring ingers disposed at a right angle to the length of the base and adapted to engage a side of the gunV barrel and grip the ordinary gun sight between them.

2. A gun sight, comprising a base having sights at opposite ends and provided with a wing in which is formed an opening to receive the barrel of the gun, said wing having spring elements in line With the opening to engage the gun barrel frictionally and retain the sight in place thereon.

3. A gun sight, comprising a base provided at opposite ends with sights and having spaced elements intermediate of its ends to receive the ordinary gun sight and provided with a depending wing in which is formed an opening to receive the gun barrel and having spring elements in line with the opening to engage the barrel of the gun and retain the device thereon.

4. A gun sight, comprising a base having end portions partly eut therefrom and bent to form opposite sights and having a central portion cutaway to provide spring iingers for engaging the ordinary gun sight.

5. A gun sight, comprising a base having side wings formed With central openings to receive the gun barrel and having sights at opposite ends and centrally disposed spring fingers to receive the Ordinar gun sight.

6. A gnn sight, consisting of a single blank of sheet metal, comprising an oblong base and `side Wings, the oblong base having end portions partly cut therefrom and bent outwardly to form sights and having a central portion cutaway to provide spring fingers which have their opposing portions formed with registering notches, the side wings having openings to receive the gun barrel and having teeth in line with the openings to engage the gun barrel and retain the device in position t-hereon.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK B. MAGILL.

Vitnesses J. F. STOUT, A. C. Koor.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

